At a town hall yesterday in Athens, Georgia, Rep.
Paul Broun (R-GA) said maybe� Obama is purposeful[ly]� giving a poor response to this oil spill� so he could promote his energy tax�. Despite the absurdity of Brouns comments, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) managed to concoct a far crazier conspiracy theory with radio host Alex Jones during an interview.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/10/gop-bp-inside-job/
Republicans are trying to reinvent themselves ahead of the 2010 election.
They haven't had much luck with that recently.
Is this the Twilight of young GOP voters? Periodically, conservative groups and activists decide to get worked up about what young people are reading and/or watching.
Jerry Falwell went after Tinky Winky the Teletubby. One religious right group went after Shrek.� Another targeted Shark Tale.� Neil Cavuto called Happy Feet� Political propaganda�
Source:
http://progressivenation.us/2010/07/07/how-to-gain-young-gop-voters-demonize-twilight-fans/
From Gallup comes the latest bit of news suggesting the tea party isn't as revolutionary as its members like to think: When asked what they considered "extremely serious threats" to the country's future wellbeing, tea partiers cited the exact same things as run-of-the-mill Republicans.
Shocker, right?
Source:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/07/shocker-tea-party-gop-beliefs-identical
There is only one question left in the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan after her capable performance this week: Confirmation is a shoo-in, but how many Republican votes will she get? How many GOP Senators will vote their conscience, and not the "party of no" doctrine?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/us/02kagan.html?src=mv
President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal intervention.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100619/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama
CA Republicans optimistic about their prospects in Nov. could have a problem after the votes are counted in Tuesdays primaries - a statewide ticket with the so-called Birther Queen� as one of their candidates.
Taitz is running against Damon Dunn, an African-American former professional football player who's run a less-than-stellar campaign.
In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee "urge the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Congressman Joe Sestak's claim that a White House official offered him a job to induce him to exit the Pennsylvania Senate primary race against Senator Arlen Specter."
What is ironic about Kings endorsement of using the race of a young Middle Eastern male� to profile terrorist suspects is the fact that the last major attempted terror attacks in the United States were not committed by men from the Middle East.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/15/steve-king-common-racial/
Johnson charged more than $1 million on his card and converted his AmEx points into miles just before being fired from the party in January.
Greer charged about $500,000 and also cashed in points for miles. He once charged $9,468 for hotel and limousine service on a two-day Washington trip.
The House Republican leader tells NPR that if his party wins a majority in November's midterm elections, they will replace the law with "common-sense steps" to lower health insurance costs.
He says he is optimistic about his party's prospects, saying "at least 100 seats" are in play.
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126395806
The Dark Lord is back.
Of course, I'm referring to Dick Cheney.
After suffering his fifth heart attack in February, the former vice president seemed to hunker down in his undisclosed location.
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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/26/dick-cheney-returns-will-he-help-the-gop/
The same week Wellpoint, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies was exposed for egregious rescission of many breast cancer patients, Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden continues her Barter for Health Care Tour.
At least no one can call her a flip-flopper. Even after being outed as an ...
Openly gay Richard Tisei will be on the Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial ticket as Charles D.
Baker Jr.'s running mate,
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http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5599&MediaType=1&Category=26
The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong has basically won the morning with a story about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's lavish lifestyle on the road.
Strong reports that Steele 'once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel,' and has run up some substantial tabs at some of our nation's nicest hotels
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/voyeur-west-hollywood-mic_n_516903.html
Rep.
Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) has come forward and admitted that he was the one who yelled "baby killer" during the House debate on the health care bill last night.
The top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of Education, who rejects evolution and has pushed a revisionist right-wing U.S. history curriculum, is on the way out, after a moderate candidate defeated him in a tight GOP primary last week.
Thomas Ratliff edged out Don McLeroy 50.4%-49.6% for the seat McLeroy has held since 1999.
The GOP has signed up woefully few female candidates this year.
But CPAC hero Ron Paul is helping to close the gap.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-03/ron-pauls-women/
In a last-ditch attempt to craft a bipartisan health care reform bill, President Obama will release a new proposal Wednesday that will include Republican ideas on tort reform and health savings accounts, according to Democratic officials familiar with the plans.
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http://us.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/03/health.care/index.html
Heated partisan exchanges and in-depth policy discussions at the bipartisan health care summit on Thursday are unlikely to sway both parties in finding common ground, analysts said as the summit was going on.
Is the GOP 'fresh start' on health-care another stall tactic and on the other side of the aisle, what about the public option?
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/25/health.summit.analyst.reaction/index.html
